Non-refillable bottle.



W. C. SUTCLIFPE. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APrLIoATIoN FILED DEG. 19. 1913.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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WILLIAM CHARLES S'UTCLIFFE, OF LISIv/LZORE, NEW ZEALAND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

y Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application led December 19, 1913. i Serial N o. 807,619.

T0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM CHARLES SUTCLLFFE, a subject of `the King oi' Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Lismore, 1n

the Province of Canterbury and DominionV ot' New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Reflllable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottles :for containing spirits and other liquids, and consists in an improved irremovable closure' for such bottles which allowskthe originaly liquid contents to be poured therefrom but prevents the recharging of liquid vinto the bottles. Said closure maybe fitted in the neck of a bottle formed or adapted to accommodate it, or may be contained` in a collar or neck extension piece adapted to be attached permanently to the neck of a bottle of standardsliape, so as to form in eii'ect a part of the bottle neck. The said4 closure comprises' a centrally apertured washer, forming a ring seat for a valve, al

free disk which seats as a yvalve on said washer, a gullet block containing adomed pocket or cup shaped cavity kfor said .valve and for a free rolling loading'weight which. bears on said valve; upper and lower ports in alternate order and a collar groove in the sides of said gullet yblock oli'er tortile sigmoidal passages for liquid outflowing through saidv pocket. These four pieces, viz. the seating washer, the disk valve, the spherical weight, and the pocketed and ported gullet block are assembled in proper relation, and after the bottle has received its original charge are fixed either in the neck of the bottle or in an adapter consisting of a neck extension or collar capsule secured permanently upon the bottle.

The eicacy of the closure depends upon the shape, proportions, relational arrangement, and coaction of the said four pieces. The means for securing said pieces in a bottle neck or in an adapter and for securing said adapter to avbottle, are accessory to the invention and are not separately claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional .elevation showing thev closure in which my invention consists,

itted in the neck of a bottle specially formed to accommodate it; Fig. 2 is a top plan of same; Fig. 3 is a sectional ele? vation showing the closure adapted to a standard bottle by means of a crimped collar capsule which forms an extension of the bottle neck; Fig. 44 is a sectional elevation illustrating anothery form oi adapter for holding the closure on the neck of a standard bottle; Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the four pieces constituting thel closure; Fig. 6 is a sideelevation of the gullet block; Fig. 7y is a sectional elevation illustrative of another form of adapter or collar carrier for holding the closure onf' the neck of a bottle of that type which has av collar ring forinedexternally on it alittle below the lip.

In the preferred application of the invention shown in Fig. l, the bottle neck is formedl to accommodate the closure; but the closure is substantially identical whether it 'is carried in the bottle neck or in an adapter or 'neck extension piece as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 7 The structural modifica tion ofthe bottle neck required to permit the fitting of the closure therein consistsl in providing a landing collar l upon which the washer 2 rests.

The washer 2 is preferably constructed of cork, rubber, or other material having some iiexibilit'y, but itmay be constructed of a hard material provided that it sets neatly onv the collar l Land is nished to a fair face onr the upper surface, and indented or grooved to receive the sprigs 13.

3 is a thin hat disk of glass, porcelain,

mica, vulcanite, or like material having some rigidity. 4 is a marble or ball made of earthenware, glass, or other heavy material. The disk 3 and the ball 4 are accommodated in a domed shaped pocket 5 formed in the bottom of the gullet block. There is sufficient clearance allowed in the kpocket 5 to permit the ball 4 and the disk 3 to move their positions, without however allowingy the ball to come below the disk, when the bottle is canted or inverted, so as to allow a suiicient opening for the passage offliquid from the interior of the bottle through the hole 6 in the center of the washer 2 to discharge the contents of the bottle, The

.6.0. into the Vgroove makes any tampering with the disk 3 up to the rwasher 2 except when y A the bottle is charged.

the bottle iS Cantedsufliciently to enable its liquid contents to be poured out. Normally, therefore, the disk 3 is pressed down on the seating'v washer 2 byY means ^of the ball 4 Yas indicated in the several figures, and when the. parts are in that position, as shown in Figs. 1, .3, 4and 7, the bottle is eff'ec'tually closed. IThe gullet block (see Fig. 6) is grooved peripherally as shown at 7, the groove forming a belt around it.` Thisv belt Igroove provides a means of intercom# munication between the radial ports 8 which 'arefcut through the lower part 'of the wall of the .pocket '5, and the externalA cornerv grooves@ rthrough which Vthe belt groove 7 i islo'pe'n upwardly Vinto the, mouth 10 of the bottle neck. y s

yItis importanti that the-,edges 11 ofthe ports'S should'be splayed outwardly, vand that they shall extend Vinto. the Vpocket 5 above the plane corresponding'to the diameter lofithe' disk valve, and that the ports 8 and the ports 9 shall be in staggered relation :to each other, and that the sides of the ports 8 `and of the ports 9 shall be disposed angularly so as to form tortile 'sigmoidal passageswhich effectually check lthe insertion of any form of picking device through them after the closure has been fixed in the neck of a' bottle or in anadapter secured thereon. f yThe angular disposition of the edges -11 Aof .the ports' 3 is necessary for the purpose f vdirecting .any'inliowingl liquid against lthe upper surface of the disk 3. If,`

forl instance, thek bottle were inverted and an yattempt made to fill it while in theinverted position, vthe disk 3 and the ball 4 being then lying in the upper part of the pocket 5 and the washer aperture 6 -being' open, the entering liquor will be directed bythe angular port lfaces 11 so as tok strike under `the edges of the disk 3' and flood or Y` force itback against the washer, thereby closing7 the bottle. y

'The gullet block is secured in the neck of the bottle by means of a spring ring 12. This ring is made of spring wire, its ends being vangledl ofl1 on the -inner corners as shown at 13, Fig. 2. A groove in the bottle neck is provided to accommodate this ring. It. is `compressed a little and pushed into place and allowed to spring out home into saidgroove'after the closure has been placed in the bottle, following on the original fillingof lthe bottle. The difficulty of removing this spring ring yafter it has expanded the ,closureiunprotable The difficulty of extracting the ring 12, and thereafter drawing Qtheclosure is so great that va bottle fitted inthe manner described is for commercial purposes non-refllable. The gullet block may be secured or luted iny the-bottlev neck or adapter by means of a suitable cement which is not soluble in the liquidfwth which Y To facilitate assembling the lparts correctly and entering them neatly linto the bottle'neck when' the vgullet block is fixed in the tations or a concentric`groove `may ybeV formed in vit to accommodate them. AIt is advantageous' to make these sprigs ofl such form that they will lightly grip the washer 2 to facilitate the assembling o f the pieces and to'obviate risk of pinching the edge of the disk 3 accidentally in forcing they parts into position in the bottle' neck `or adapter; Though shown also in Figs. 3 and 72,' the sprigs 1.3 yare not ordinarily used in the constructions shown in those figures. f

' As shown inthe drawings the gullet block is formed with five ports 8 and 9. twill suffice however if it be made with two, three,

or four such ports. f Itis inconvenient tomake'it with a greater number of ports than greater number'of ports'. It is necessary that theproportions besuch that the ports 8 and `9. and vthe angular positions ofthe Vpocket 5, and the spherical weight 4 is of less diameter than the valve disk 3 and is a free fit for the upper part ofthe pocket 5. The'walls of the pocket 5 are segmental to insure that the weight 4 will roll against the valve 3 'and' close it except when the bottle is canted beyond a horizontal position.

The mouth 10 of thebottle or adapter may be fitted with a cork, crown capsule, or other device for the purpose of efl'ectually closing it against leakage during transit, guarding against evaporation of contents,.and pre# venting ingress of dust. s

The arrangement shown in Fig. 3 is a convenient one for adapting the closure to a bottle neck of standard form. As it has been proposed heretofore to fix closures to the necks of bottles by means of a crimped collar of pewter or other soft metal as shown in this View, no claim is made in respect of this adapter, which consists of a skirt piece 14 having an internal mouth rim 15 adapted to take over the top edge of the gullet block. The skirt 14 is crimped at 16 close around a collar on the bottle neck thereby to draw down the skirtaround the bottle neck and secure it tightly thereon. In this case the washer 2 sets directly on the top of the'bot-- tle neck.

In the case of a bottle with a rim neck as shown in Fig. 4, a closure may be conveniently accommodated in an adapter 2O which is formed with an internal neck rim 21 to take over the top of the gullet block, and an externally flanged lower rim 22 to set on the top of the bottle neck. The diameter of the adapter 2O is made somewhat more than the internal diameter of the bottle neck in order to provide a ledge 23 upon which the washer 2 may set.` The fiange 22 is secured by means of a crimped band 24 to the rim 25 on the neck of the bottle. A packing ring mayl be inserted between the rim 25 and the flange Fig. 7 illustrates a similar arrangement in which the extension fitting is adapted to fit a bottle neck having a ring 26 externally below the lip 27 of the bottle neck. The adapter 20 is in this case secured to the bottle by means of a crimped band of soft metal 24 similar to the band 24 shown in Fig. 4, and the washer 2 sets on the top of the bottle neck. The bottle is filled with its original charge of liquid before the closure is inserted into its neck or attached to it according to the method shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 7 respectively. The closure once fitted is intended to remain as a permanent fitting or attachment in the bottle so that atr no time may the bottle be recharged through the neck. The gullet block may be made of hard material capable of maintaining its form. 1n practice it would be made of glass or porcelain. It is desirable that no part of the fitting except the check ring 12 should be oit'V metal, when the contents of the bottle are such as would tend to cause corrosion. Normally, when the bottle is erect or canted, until it is canted to a plane about 20o below horizontal the disk 3 sets over the seat washer 2, closing the central aperture 6, therein, the spherical weight 4 bearing down the disk 3; and there is then no passage through which liquid may flow into the bottle. Zhen the bottle is inverted or canted beyond about 200 below the horizontal position, the pressure of the spherical weight 4 on the disk 3 is relieved and the weight and the disk may then fall back into the pocket 5; thereupon liquid may flow past the disk 3 and through the pocket 5 and sigmoidal passageways 8, 7, 9, out of the bottle. While the bottle is canted or inverted it is not practicable to introduce more than a few drops of liquid into it, because the entering liquid is directed under the edge of the disk 3' in entering the pocket, causing the disk 3 to rise and seat on4 the washer 2 and so close entry to the bottle. The air locked'in the bottlecannot be spilled, and also operates to prevent refilling.

What 1 claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle closure of the class described, comprising a centrally apertured washer forming an inner valve seat and adapted to fit tight within a bottle neck, a free disk valve disposed outwardly of the washer to seat against the same, a free weight disposed outwardly of the valve for engagement therewith, and a gullet block disposed outwardly of the washer in the bottle neck, said block having in its inner end a socket accommodating with clearance the weight and valve and providing in its walls an outer seat for the valve, the block being provided further with ports communicatingvwith the socket inwardly and outwardly of the outer valve seat and with tortuous passage ways leading outwardly from the said ports through the outer end ofthe block.

2. bottle closure of the class described, comprlsing a centrally apertured washer forming an inner valve seat and adapted to fit tight within a bottle neck, a free disk valve disposed outwardly of the washer to seat against the same, a free weight disposed outwardly of the valve for engagel ment therewith, and a gullet block disposed outwardly of the washer in the bottle neck, said block having in its inner endy a socket accommodating with clearance the weight and valve and providing in its walls an outer seat for the valve, the block beingk provided further with ports communicating with the socket inwardly and outwardly of the outer valve seat and with tortuous passage ways leading outwardly from the said ports through the outer end of the block, the portionsof the ports disposed outwardly of the outer valve seat being splayed.

3.. A bottle closure of the class described, comprising a centrally apertured washer forming an inner valve seat and adapted to fit tight within a bottle neck, a free disk valve disposed outwardly of the washer toV seat against the same, a free weight Vdisposed outwardly of the valve for engagement therewith, and a gullet block disposed outwardly of the washer in the bottle neck, said block having in its inner end a tapered socket having its walls converging outwardly and adapted to accommodate with clearance the weight and valve, the diameter of the socket being equal at a point intermediate of its ends to the diameter of the valve whereby an outer seat is provided iso, n

v of the outer valve seat and with tortuous at this point for Ythe valve, the block `being In testimonyV whereof I have akixed my provided further With ports communoaty lsignature in presence'of/two Witnesses. ing with the socket inwardly and outwardly WILLIAM CHARLES SUTCLIFFE passage-Ways leading outwardly from the Ttnessesz f said ports through the outer end of the YV. I. DAVIS,

S. BECK.

block.

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